The Poems of the Pleasures: Consisting of The Pleasures of Imagination, by Mark Akenside; The Pleasures of Memory, by Samuel Rogers; The Pleasures of Hope, by Thomas Campbell; The Pleasures of Friendship, by James M'Henry |
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... as odes , pastorals , songs , sonnets , & c . - compositions which , however pleasing in themselves , are of a structure and character quite different from the more extensive , philosophical , and preceptive PREFACE .
... as odes , pastorals , songs , sonnets , & c . - compositions which , however pleasing in themselves , are of a structure and character quite different from the more extensive , philosophical , and preceptive PREFACE .
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... song , who have already enchanted the world , the probability is that he will sing in vain . On the subject of Love , it is still more difficult for a modern poet to produce any thing new than on even that of Religion ; for while it is ...
... song , who have already enchanted the world , the probability is that he will sing in vain . On the subject of Love , it is still more difficult for a modern poet to produce any thing new than on even that of Religion ; for while it is ...
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... song in the works here brought together , could elucidate their nature , and show forth their charms with freedom and boldness , unrestricted and unhampered by the fear of encroach- ing on the labours of others , or of presenting to the ...
... song in the works here brought together , could elucidate their nature , and show forth their charms with freedom and boldness , unrestricted and unhampered by the fear of encroach- ing on the labours of others , or of presenting to the ...
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... song . Campbell and M'Henry found their respective sub- jects much in the same predicament . Cowper had forestalled both these poets even more strikingly than Mason had done Rogers . The bard of Hope , in par- ticular , when he appeared ...
... song . Campbell and M'Henry found their respective sub- jects much in the same predicament . Cowper had forestalled both these poets even more strikingly than Mason had done Rogers . The bard of Hope , in par- ticular , when he appeared ...
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... the contrary , although he does not exclude from his song the pleasures derived through the senses , yet the greater portion of the imaginative enjoyments which he celebrates , are purely intellectual . His muse 28 DISSERTATION ON THE.
... the contrary , although he does not exclude from his song the pleasures derived through the senses , yet the greater portion of the imaginative enjoyments which he celebrates , are purely intellectual . His muse 28 DISSERTATION ON THE.
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